Any of several small wading birds of the family Phalaropodidae, resembling sandpipers but having lobed toes that enable them to swim.
ETYMOLOGY:
French, from New Latin phalarops : Greek phalaris, coot (from phalaros, having a white spot; see bhel-1 in Appendix I) + Greek pous, foot; see ped- in Appendix I.
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s : Greek phalaris, coot (from phalaros, having a white spot; see bhel-1 in Appendix I) + Greek pous, foot; see ped- in Appendix I.
